Sorry ZuZu..

Spring pictures today-

Zuzu, I'm sorry you lost her, but you gave her a wonderful life. She was a very lucky cat.

Rita, your yard must be almost blindingly beautiful! I don't think I've ever seen so many tulips except, perhaps, in Holland.

Thank you! Yes, it really is lovely this time of year with the daffodils and tulips blooming. But I just LOVE tulips so I planted a lot of them last fall.

She was lucky, but so were we. She took care of the frightened feral kittens from another colony when I adopted them later. Here's a cute picture of two feral kittens (Fandango and Marmalade) hiding behind her in the cat condo. Their eyes are spooky because it was a nighttime picture.

Rest in Peace, Mauka.
I know how you feel, Zu. :(

If I were a cat, I can't think of any other place on the planet I would have wanted to live but in your garden.
Mauka will be back. They always return disguised as someone else. (Well, a few of mine have, anyway !)

I've always had this imagery in my head that in "Cat Heaven" they have a lottery of who gets to go live their life in Zuzu's garden and the tales they tell are legendary. The ultimate Kitty Nirvana !

Thank you, JD. You always know just what to say. And I also believe they do come back. I have a couple of cats now that I swear I've had before. Both died young in tragic accidents and I'm hoping to keep them longer this time.

I swear I've got a couple of reincarnations in my house. Summanus is just as rotten as Cybele.. even looks like her a LOT. I had to find a new home for Cybele a few years ago and lost touch with the family who adopted her. Zeus reminds me a lot like Roadkill.. a cat I had many many years ago. And Conan is just like my old Alpha, DH & mine first kitty.

Ok, I'm gonna vent here.

I know we need moisture desperately. And I mean desperately. We're still very very low on our reservoirs & the Colorado River is "endangered" because of the lack of water in it. Farmers here aren't allowed to drill for water, nor are they allowed to pull from the rivers (all the water belongs downstream to NV & CA).

But can't the freaking weather come up with a season and STICK WITH IT??? Do we *really* need to go from Winter to Summer back to Winter.. and in less than 10 days????

Seriously?

*cries*

http://www.denverpost.com/brea...

"We're looking at about 4 to 6 inches for the Denver metro area," Jim Kalina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said.

Areas in the western suburbs, such as Arvada, Golden, Boulder and also north to Longmont and Fort Collins, could see up to 6 to 8 inches by the end of the day Wednesday, Kalina said.

The weather service said there's a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon on Tuesday, and Kalina said the snow is likely to pick up after midnight. The weather service said the chance of precipitation overnight is 100 percent.

Winds gusts could hit 17 mph during the day on Tuesday, and up to 26 mph overnight.

A majority of the snowfall is expected on Wednesday, according to weather service predictions.

With the recent stretch of warm weather Kalina said the snow will initially stick to grassy areas, leaving the roads wet.

"But, if the accumulation rate is high, it could cover the roads," he said, adding it's more difficult to predict road conditions.

Highs in Denver on Tuesday are expected to reach 53 degrees under partly sunny skies. But on Wednesday, Denver could be looking at some record-cold temperatures for May 1.

Forecast highs for Wednesday are in the lower 30s. The coldest temperature Denver has ever recorded for a high on May 1 is 33 degrees.

"There's a chance we could break that," Kalina said.

The lowest temperature ever recorded in Denver on May 1 is 23 degrees. The forecast low for Wednesday: 23 degrees.

However, there is some good news about the storm.

"It will bring some more moisture, which is good for the area," Kalina said.

While watching the storm clouds slowly creep across the sky, threatening to douse us with more snow, I found this video. I can relate!

http://screen.yahoo.com/hungov...

I took these pictures late yesterday afternoon as the tulips had closed up because of the clouds. They look so different than they do on a sunny day. Just getting around to downloading and uploading now.

They are still impressive!

Whirlwind activity here the past few days, our daughter and her family finally moved out on their own after 2 years here with us. Their big dogs were our biggest complaint, we couldn't sit on our patio without smelling dog or having dog hair everywhere plus they were making messes and digging holes going after the gophers. First thing we did was take down the orange fencing we had put up to keep them out of my planted beds. Had a little mishap while doing that, stepped into one of their holes and twisted my other ankle, not as bad as the right one I did 3 months ago. Now I have 2 swollen ankles, a gimpy mess!
Anyway, I am resting in my recliner so I thought I would add a few more shots of pretty blooms from Zuzu's garden from last week.I hope you click on these to get the full sense of prettiness!

Stunning roses, amazing photography - thank you! I hope the ankles heal quickly.

Poor Sue can't even do a celebration dance.

Both of my Twilight Zones are blooming at the same time. This is the old one, hybridized by J.B. Williams and introduced in 1996. Its irresistible combination of lavender and silver and its ruffled petals have made it one of my favorite roses.



This is the new one: Tom Carruth, 2013. Not nearly as exciting to me.

Oh Sue... You poor thing. Can't get a break!!

*sigh* I wish I could see some blooms on my roses. Heck, I'd like to see just some stinking LEAVES on mine!!

Wow, love that lavender Twilight Zone!!

Isn't it great, Sue? Unfortunately, it's an own-root rose, so it's never going to get very big, but the blooms are magnificent. I had a nice grafted one, but it went to Florida and never came back.